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  • Swans @ Union Transfer

    This past Saturday, legendary experimental rockers Swans returned to Union Transfer for the first time since 2016. They played one of their famously deafening two-and-a-half hour sets, opening with an hour-long rendition of ‘The Beggar,’ the title track of their 2023 LP. The extremely talented musicians put on an...
  • Benches supports iDKHOW @ Brooklyn Bowl

      Southern California indie rock band Benches played an amazing show in support of iDKHOW on Tuesday. Though the band was nearly an hour late due to bowling related circumstances – they were seen bowling while waiting for the venue to fill up – their performance was definitely worth...
  • Jenny Lewis @ The Palace, St. Paul

    Similar to her show at The Met last July, beloved singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis put on a spectacular performance in St. Paul last Friday. Instead of the rotating few Rilo Kiley songs she had been playing on previous legs of the Joy’All Ball Tour, Jenny pleasantly surprised us by including...
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff at The Foundry

    In support of their critically acclaimed 2024 album, The Past is Still Alive, Hurray for the Riff Raff played an incredible sold out show in Philly last Friday. They put on a spectacular performance, every song sounding nearly identical to the record. It’s a testament to the talent of...
  • Madi Diaz at World Cafe Live

    Last Thursday Madi Diaz played an incredible show at Philly’s World Cafe Live in support of her newest album, Weird Faith, which dropped last month on ANTI-.  It was the Nashville-based, Lancaster County-raised artist’s biggest headlining show in the 215 to date, previously having played the likes of Tin...
  • Mitski’s Magical First Night at The Met

    Mitski is truly a once in a lifetime performer, and full of surprises, as shown by every one of her tours being completely different. Her first-ever show at the opera house — night one of two local stops on The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Tour — looked...
  • FIDLAR Preps The Opera House for Oliver Tree

    Los Angeles garage rockers FIDLAR — whose drummer, Max Kuehn, recently spoke with Izzy Cihak — returned to Philadelphia for the first time since 2018 to play a spectacular show in support of Oliver Tree at The Met. With a headliner-quality stage show, and setlist of both “classics” and...